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The Art Group welcomes you to our first ever gallery show “Let’s Play”,

an upbeat collection of original art and limited editions that provide light relief from the

serious side of everyday life.

Created in collaboration with over 45 artists, the show is a fun and

lively introduction to some of the inspirational talent published by

The Art Group, celebrating the art at the heart of our business.

Showcasing over 100 artworks across a broad range of media

there is plenty to play with, as we bring you one step closer to the

original creativity that inspires our world-renown art prints.

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Moose Allain

Moose has enjoyed a wide variety of jobs, from turfing a ha-ha for the National Trust to creating cartoons for Alton Tower’s “Kid’s Club” magazine. He has lived in London for many years and worked as an architect specialising in urban regeneration, consultation and participatory design projects and even contributed to the UK’s successful Olympic bid.

In 2006 he and his wife moved to Devon to bring up their young boys by the sea. He gave up his full time architecture career to concentrate on art. He now has pieces in private collections all over the world.Moose fills his playful drawings with tiny narrative incidents, fine details, words and phrases along with a cast of curious characters. His work is about positivism, a celebration of humanity.

All Kinds Of New

All Kinds of New is a London-based blogger, illustrator and talent scout for all things satisfying and exciting to the eye… With knowledge and history in design dating back to the early 90’s.

By day an industry creative, by night a seeker of design eye candy.

Karin Akesson

Born in Sweden 1978, Karin studied Illustration at Brighton University from 1998 to 2001. She also obtained MA in Communication Art & Design at the Royal College of Art. Karin now happily lives and works in London as a freelance illustrator, exhibiting her work though-out the UK and creating designs for a huge variety of clients from various disciplines, allowing her to be experimental and progressive in her creativity!

Richard Barrett

“There’s a little bit of someone you know in every animal you meet”.

This has become the philosophy behind Richard’s observations of our furry and feathered friends. The belief really came into being when the artist met a special cat.

“I was totally convinced that this cat was the reincarnation of my Aunty Joan... except that my Aunty is still very much alive”.

Which leads to the only logical conclusion that all creatures are in-fact little people in fur coats!

Deborah Azzopardi

Deborah Azzopardi’s provocatively flirtatious paintings have such universal appeal. Her vibrant palette of heightened colours, which are predominantly primary and contained by outlines reference her earlier work for The Walt Disney Company. While her colours serve as the initial bait to gain the viewer’s attention, it is her subject matter that hooks you and keeps you captivated. The often ambiguous compositions allow for individual interpretation, letting the viewer read as much or as little as they like into each painting.

Ben Allen

Working in a multitude of media and materials, Ben Allen’s influences include comic book art, skateboard culture, surfing, travel, Japanese graphics, the Mexican festival “Dia de la Muerte”, typography, nature and the human condition.

His paintings and prints are in private collections worldwide. He has worked with Levis, Virgin, Channel 5, The Hoxton Hotel and has exhibited his mixed content paintings in exclusive venues and galleries internationally as well as selling to celebrities.

Nick BoyceNick is an art school dropout with a passion for fusing art and technology.

In 2004 the Adelaide Fringe selected his programmatically-generated image for their festival poster and awarded him a flight to Europe. Nick left his position as director of a web design consultancy in Adelaide, South Australia and settled in London.

He is currently working as a senior web developer for The Art Group in London as well as undertaking various freelance projects for clients in Europe, the USA and Australia.

He has exhibited in London, Amsterdam, Melbourne and Adelaide and has been published in numerous books.

Lara BowenBorn in Brighton in 1970, Lara studied art at Hastings College and Oxford Brookes University. Since graduating she has worked as an art teacher, writer, illustrator and gallerist but more recently Lara has concentrated on her own artistic practice turning her attention to formal gardens and allotments, and landscapes. Lara previously worked in the medium of stained glass and aims to bring similar elements to her paintings. Working in oils she uses a mixture of brush and palette knife to build layers of colour and texture. Lara finds inspiration in a variety of places, from textiles, floral illustrations, the Impressionist and old masters’ still life paintings, to ceramic and glass design and even Dulux colour charts.

Lara now lives in London with her partner, baby boy and long-suffering cat.

Sarah BeetsonSarah graduated in 2002 from Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall UK, and won the Pentland Prize for Fine Art that same year. She spent the next 4 years in London working in fashion, illustration and design in-house at Yellowdoor, Pop and The Face magazines and completed a 7 month print design internship at Stella McCartney.

A commission followed to decorate the walls of the shoe room of Stella’s Bruton Street shop, which opened in London in 2003. Since then, she has built a career as a freelance artist and illustrator, exhibiting work in London, Paris, Portland, New York and Melbourne; she is now based in Australia.

Angie CroweAngie Crowe, originally from Essex, settled in London after gaining a 2:1 in Fine art from the University of East London. She continues to live and work in North London where she combines her love of creating stylishly decorative artwork with a fulltime job in the publishing industry.

Angie won an award for her artwork in the 2003 Essex open exhibition and now regularly exhibits with the East End Arts Club. Her work comprises of acrylic on linen with various embroidery and paper embellishments. Angie’s inspirations include retro patterns and all things vintage.

She likes cooking, drinking wine, supporting West Ham football Club and is a sucker for nineties Indie bands.

Jon BurgermanJon Burgerman is an intensely prolific artist who creates vibrant, neo-primitive scrawls of shapes and colour. He has built a strong reputation through his unique artworks of swooping, intertwining lines and hyper-emotional characters. Working across a variety of media that includes drawing, painting, print, animation, large-scale murals and toy design, his art retains a hand-made, hand-drawn quality. A sense of British self-deprecation, dry humour and modern-day anxiety imbues his work along with an enthusiasm for salads.

Jon has exhibited internationally since 2001 and has work in the permanent collections of The V&A and The Science Museum. Jon has received two D&AD Silver award nominations and has worked on many commercial projects for high profile organizations. In 2008 he was invited to appear as a guest on the BBC’s “Blue Peter”, creating a unique work live on air to celebrate the shows 50th birthday.

James BrownJames Brown is an illustrator and printmaker living and working in London.

Trained as a textile and surface print designer, James worked in the clothing industry for 10 years producing print designs for numerous brands from Levis to Louis Vuitton. After two years as head designer at Hope & Glory menswear James embarking on a new career as an illustrator in 2006.

James has been commissioned to produce work by publishing houses, magazines and newspapers and advertising and design agencies. Some recent clients have included Oxfam, Cancer Research, The Guardian and Faber & Faber.

Alongside his commercial practice James produces limited edition screen-prints and lino-cuts, which are available from Liberty, Elphicks, selected galleries and shops throughout the country and his website www.generalpattern.net.

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Christopher FarrellBorn in London in 1971, Christopher Farrell graduated from De Montfort University, Leicester in 1993 with a first class Honours degree in Visual Arts, then gained a Post-Graduate Degree at the Royal Academy School of Art, London. Influenced by the city and everything about it, he is fascinated by the diversity of the contemporary and traditional architecture in London and it has become an ongoing theme in his paintings and digital work.

Jeremy DickinsonBorn in Halifax, Yorkshire in 1963, Jeremy Dickinson studied Fine Art at Goldsmith’s College, London, graduating in 1986. He has exhibited widely since then, with one-person and group exhibitions in the USA, Europe and Japan. In 2004, a ten-year survey exhibition of his paintings was shown at Horsens Kunstmuseum in Denmark, and a comprehensive catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition.

Toy cars have been the principal subject of his paintings since the mid 1990’s. Earlier works depicted toy buses, which he had kept since childhood. All show much evidence of past play with chips, dents, rust and missing tyres. The backgrounds are always abstracted, so the vehicles appear stacked in imaginary junkyards or lined up in pretend car parks.

Jeremy Dickinson lives and works in London.

Maria DahlgrenMaria Holmer Dahlgren is a recognised designer of products. The philosophy to her work has always been that beautiful art is all around us if we only open our eyes to it and this has led her to create imagery which has appeared on luxurious hand tufted carpets to trays and souvenirs.

Born in Helsingborg, Maria first became recognised for her work with stationery company Ordning & Reda of which she was co- founder. Since then she has had the pleasure of designing for the stylish hotel “Rival” in Stockholm, which is owned by ABBA’s Benny Andersson.

Her work at this exhibition celebrates the colour and sounds when visiting London.

Jess & GeorgeJess & George graduated in Fine Art from Kingston University, and joined forces in 2008 to exhibit their paper-cuts with the East End Arts Club. They have just moved into a shiny new studio and are looking forwards to creating lots more work.

When not cutting paper, they enjoy making films, planting vegetables and travelling. They currently live in South London with their two cats.

Gregoire GanterFrench-born and native New Yorker from the age of 10, Gregoire was educated in politics, economics and business management at Kenyon College and NYU Stern School of Business, finding success in treasury banking before turning to photography full time. Gregoire uses his camera to explore the diversity and forms that make the urban environment unique. His collages capture the city’s constant evolution and pulsing energy. Ganter’s collages are now printed as digital C-Prints in editions of 25.

Jane FosterJane Foster is a Brighton based artist who enjoys screen-printing and making items from vintage fabrics. She is strongly influenced by Scandinavian design from the 50’s and 60’s and has a huge collection of fabrics and ceramics from these periods. Jane loves bold, simple, happy designs, which appeal to children and adults alike.

Ruth GreenRuth Green achieved a BA (Hons) degree in Printed Textiles and went on to gain a Masters Degree in Textile Design from the University of Central England in 1999. Upon graduation, she worked as freelance textile designer and, in 2003 she received a grant from The Arts Council of England and used the funds to develop her print-making and painting skills.

Ruth is a big fan of design from the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s and she collects ceramics and glass which are often a starting point for her work – Lucienne Day, Terry Frost and Barbara Hepworth are her particular favourites.

Ruth is also passionate about gardening and says that this also plays a part in her paintings. She has an allotment and is currently studying for a general certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society.

Trudy GoodTrudy Good began her training at Winchester College of Art, but much of her development has been self-driven. She has become a well-known and loved figurative artist, whose subtle and elegant work is now much sought after. Her sensitive and evocative use of pastel and charcoal in rendering the female form appeals to a diverse audience.

Trudy’s portraiture is full of common human emotion. The sheer beauty of a single line, the way the light plays on hair, the feelings conveyed by body language in an unguarded moment- these are things that inspire Trudy time and time again.

Blanca GómezBlanca Gómez is a successful illustrator and graphic designer who currently lives in Madrid, Spain. After graduating in Advertising and Graphic Design in 2001 she has gone on to develop her career as a graphic designer, but she currently spends most of her time illustrating and generally getting her hands dirty.

Blanca enjoys making small things with care; her website ‘cosas mínimas’ means ‘tiny things’ in Spanish. Along with art heroes such as Picasso, Calder, Sempé and Quentin Blake, simple things inspire her work, which has been described as ‘colourful,’ ‘playful’ and ‘whimsical.’

Megan HessMegan Hess began a career in graphic design which transcended into art direction for some of the world’s leading advertising agencies. In 2008 Hess illustrated the New York Times number one selling book, ‘Sex and The City’.

She has illustrated for some of the world’s top fashion and interior publications as well as worldwide ad campaigns. Most recently her skills have been deployed by Bloomingdales, New York, to create a signature look for the prestigious department store. Hess’s signature style can also be found on private art commissions from New York to Tokyo.

Megan states her inspirations as being fashion, art, travel, Hitchcock, Hepburn, Ghetto Bling, 70’s cocktails, great coffee, fragrance and mountains and mountains of chocolate.

Julene HarrisonJulene has a First Class Honours degree in Fashion and Textiles from Manchester Metropolitan University. After graduating in 2001 she worked as a constructed textile designer for fashion in London and Italy.

In late 2008 Julene began making paper cuts as one-off gifts for friends, and after starting to get numerous commissions for her designs she has since set up a website and blog madebyjulene.com to deal with the demand.

A passion for the precise, a background in the design of textile patterns, and the customisable nature of her pieces have combined to make Julene’s style of paper cutting a runaway success.

Julene was born on the South Coast and lives with friends in South London.

Marianne GroennowMarianne was born in the south of Sealand, Denmark. In the early 80’s she moved to Copenhagen where she was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Marianne’s meditative imagery begins in an elemental, mystical universe of natural creation and bursts into a nearly psychedelic, wildly colourful and ornamental world of simplified shapes. She achieves this through repeated gestures with spray gun and calligraphic brushes - or as in lithography by using several stones - adding color in numerous transparent layers.

Her work can be found at the National Gallery of Denmark and various private and public collections. Currently she lives and works in Copenhagen with her partner Sola and mini-pincher Nor.

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Susanne JosephsonSusanne Josephson was born in beautiful Stockholm in 1958. She studied there for her Degree in Advertising at Beckmans School of Design 1979-1982

Susanne works full time as an Interior decorator within her own company and she has painting as her hobby. Her technique is black ink on wet aquarell paper combined with collage elements, which usually include material from her school girl stamp collection.

Susanne and her family live in both Stockholm and Gotland. She is married to Martin Hållsten and they have two children, Hugo and Maricka. The family also have a gorgeous black labrador Freddy.

Lisa DeJohnMassachusetts based artist Lisa DeJohn has always drawn from a variety of influences for her work, the strongest being nature and the arts. In 1991 Lisa attended the University of Oregon where she earned a degree in Fine Arts. She then moved to Portland, Oregon in 1995 where she began her career as a painter, designer and mixed media artist.

In the years since she began her career, Lisa’s work has flourished to also include illustration and surface design. She also continues to be prolific with her fine art and has shown in solo and group exhibits for over a decade from Portland, Oregon to Montreal, Quebec.

In 2005 Lisa moved with her husband and two Chihuahua Terriers to New England where she currently lives and works.

Kate JenkinsKate Jenkins was born in Newport, South Wales in 1971. On graduating from the University of Brighton in 1995, she worked as a freelance knitwear consultant designing for an array of companies including Donna Karan, Sonia Rykiel and Missoni.

In 2004 she launched her own fashion accessories label Cardigan and sold through Whistles and exclusive boutiques around the UK. The first Studio Shop was opened in Brighton in 2006 and www.cardigan.ltd.uk was launched shortly afterwards.

In 2007 Kate created a series of intricate crocheted art works around the theme of the nation’s favourite foods. This collection was named ‘Comfort Food’ and achieved acclaim for its innovative approach to knitwear. She was then approached by The Art Group to work on a series of greetings cards on the same theme.

Kate lives very happily in Brighton with her badly behaved dog Lottie.

Helen LangOriginally from Devon, Madamesange (aka Helen Lang) now lives and works in SW London. She first came to the City after graduating in Illustration in 1999 and has since worked extensively in the stationery, print and poster industry.

Helen has always been creative and was drawn towards illustration as it allows her to inject her slightly obscure sense of humour into her designs. She works from a rather lovely studio (from which she can witness squirrel fights in the park) and spends her time developing her decorative line and lettering styles.

Working in a variety of media and materials, Helen’s many influences include Tony Hart and Rolf Harris, children’s’ illustrators Graham Oakley & Joseph Wright.

Madamesange is an active participant of The East End Arts club and is also represented by creative agency, Illustration Ltd.

Christopher LaneChristopher studied photography in Southend in the early 80’s, in the same college that produced a wealth of talent including Depeche Mode, Yazoo and TalkTalk.

His photographic work has won him clients including GQ and Arena. The work takes in eighties technical aspects, evolved through extensive travelling and cultural influences; resulting in a subtle Hollywood look and a feeling of beauty and compassion in his subjects.

His award winning shoot for the Cat footwear global campaign won him Creative Review best in book 2009, and revealed the fact that his technical ability and personal style means his work is at the cutting edge in photography.

Jen Judd-McGeeJennifer Judd-McGee is an artist living and working in Portland, Maine, US. Mixed media collage and illustration are her favourite mediums, and she loves to create dense, imaginary patterned landscapes, as well as playful, bright mixed media work. Her coastal Maine surroundings provide much of the inspiration for her work; the rest comes from her love of vintage wallpaper, mid-century design and old embroidery books. She has shown her work in galleries across the US and in Canada, and has done freelance editorial work and licensing in the US and abroad.

John MurphyJohn Murphy lives outside of Philadelphia with his wife and two inspiring small children (who love to art direct their dad whenever possible.) Everyone pitches in to run his small studio.

His original and limited edition prints and photographs are collected throughout the United States and abroad and have been shown in a number of galleries throughout Philadelphia and in New York. Inspired by a wide range of influences, the imagery merges vintage and modern sensibilities exploring ideas of beauty and fantasy within the decorative arts.

John Murphy’s work has been featured on a variety of art and design blogs and in a number of publications including Concept for Living, Dwell, New York magazine, Philadelphia magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, Readymade, and the Village Voice, as well as on The Today Show and Isaac Mizrahi, NY.

Hanna MelinHanna Melin was born in 1978, Gothenburg, Sweden. She came to England in 1998 to study art at the Kent Institute of Design, followed by a BA Illustration at Brigthon University and a MA Communication at the Royal College of Art. Hanna now lives and works in London. She divides her time in her Hoxton studio between commercial illustration commissions and her career as an artist.

Commercial clients include Nokia, Halifax, the Guardian, Aviva, and the New York Times. She loves to play with different mediums. That’s why Hanna’s art consists of ceramics, thread, fabric, wood, plastic and paper…

Lov Li DesignRachel Taylor grew up in an artistic home in Lancashire, surrounded by beautiful views and magnificent countryside.

Following an Art and Design foundation course at Blackburn College of Art, Rachel studied Textile Design at West Surrey College of Art and Design, where she gained a BA Hons Degree.

With a love of pattern, colour and creating beautiful things Rachel has worked as a freelance designer for many years, successfully selling her furnishing and gift-ware designs around the world.

Rachel is a now a partner in her own Birmingham based design company, Lov Li where she produces and sells designs for all kinds of surface pattern, from greetings cards and gift-wrap to kids art and home-wares.

Lov Li’s designs can be seen in Paperchase, Designers Guild, Tate, Habitat and Harrods signature brand products.

Graham RawleLost Consonants is a text and image word play series that illustrates a sentence from which one vital letter has been removed, humorously altering its’ meaning. Welcome to a world where children have leaning difficulties, footballers get camp in their legs and youths can become addicted to rugs; where dogs start baking and horses start catering, and where, after several days without water, everyone is really thirty. This hugely popular series appeared in The Guardian on a weekly basis for 15 years. His latest series, Bright Ideas, appears each week in Saturday’s Review section of The Times.

Anthony PetersAnthony Peters, (AKA Imeus Design) started his creative career studying Fine Art on the South Coast of England. After graduating, a love of Fluxus, Op, Pop and Conceptual art fed into an obsession with graphic design and illustration, especially deceptively simple block colour works, screen-prints and pieces containing unusual typography.

Anthony now works as a retoucher, illustrator and graphic artist. He exhibits regularly across a variety of London galleries and counts the following companies amongst his clients and co-conspirators: 2k T-Shirts, The Art Group, Princeton Architectural Press, Dutch Uncle, Its Pop Its Art, Getty, Dalston Print Club, L’Affeche Moderne, Habitat & The East End Arts Club.

Helen MusselwhiteHelen’s creative process usually begins whilst walking her dog Earl along the lanes and footpaths near her home on the edge of south Manchester (with one foot in suburbia and the other in the Cheshire countryside.) She studied design and illustration and her creativity has passed through many incarnations since, initially designing and making home accessories to more recently a dalliance with jewellery. 3 years ago she found her ultimate medium and her love affair with paper began. Helen now works with various paper types, cutting, folding, scoring and layering, creating intriguing and intricate views into a fairytale world of flora and fauna.

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Colin RuffellBorn in 1939, Colin Ruffell became a professional artist at the age of 26. He qualified at a top London Art College in painting, design and printmaking, and the OU in psychology and aesthetics.

In the early sixties Colin was one of the first British art students to use the then revolutionary medium of artist’s acrylic paint and he has advocated its use ever since. In the nineties he spotted the potential of giclée printmaking and the internet as exhibition space. His enthusiasm led The Fine Art Trade Guild to elect him ‘Master of The Guild’ in 2008.

Colin presently enjoys living and working in Brighton. His published works are found in private and corporate collections world-wide and he exhibits globally painting in many styles, from amusing childlike images,to traditional landscapes, cityscapes, or abstractions.

Claire RolletClaire Rollet left her native France in 1995 to study in London. Since then she has settled to become a London-based freelance illustrator who is continually inspired by this exciting and ever changing city.

Claire began her love affair with the city by drawing the buildings and streets around her. Her portfolio has since expanded to include cities around the world such as New York, Tokyo and Paris with her drawings depicting a fresh view of these urban landscapes. Her working process begins by drawing using a nib and Indian Ink, with the architectural idiosyncrasies of the cities then being highlighted digitally by touches of colour.

Apart from a keen interest in architecture, Claire’s other inspirations include the works of the Japanese woodblock artists, her favorites being Kuniyoshi and Hiroshige.

Kareem RizkBorn in Australia in 1982, Kareem Rizk is a Melbourne based collage artist who graduated from Monash University in 2004 with a Bachelor in Graphic Design.

During the course, Kareem developed an appreciation for collage and explored a rich and diverse array of mixed media techniques. After graduating, Kareem’s creative interests began to turn to fine art, particularly mixed media collage.

While working as a Graphic Designer, his interest in collage continued to develop and eventually became the focus of his endeavours. In 2006, Kareem was offered several opportunities for printed publication and exposure in Australia, USA and the UK. Alongside this came offers to exhibit his artwork in galleries, which he has pursued ever since.

Natsko SekiBrought up in Tokyo and now resident in London, Natsko’s talent is for cheery cityscapes that whilst exist nowhere in real life they are brought to vivacity by her hand. Inspiration surrounds her in her favoured city of London, “It’s great to live in London. I saw a lady riding a Penny Farthing on one Sunday!” she excitedly exclaims. Her distinctive and unique style continues to earn her many fans. A select client list includes Cocorino London, Louis Vuitton (Japan), Wallpaper, The Guardian, Matsuya Ginza (Japan) and Royal Society of Art’s. Natsko is represented by Agency Rush.

Deborah SchenckDeborah grew up surrounded by English country gardens, winding lanes and meadows. She spent her summers on the beach in Cornwall and the moors in Devon. With a degree in photography, art and design, she has travelled extensively and won various photography awards. Whilst visiting places like India and China, she discovered her true passion for ‘’simple images in nature and the beauty of colour”.

Her work has recently expanded into Museums and unique personal collections, with her imagery ranging from antique toys and Buddhas.

Deborah has lived and worked in Vermont for fifteen years but is currently living and exploring her work in The Loire Valley, France with her children Olivia and Daniel.

Shyama RuffellComing from a family of artists, Shyama grew up in the world of fine art, first exhibiting her work at the age of seven. ”I remember being entranced by the pigments and palettes of colour at my eye level as I stood in my fathers studio watching him work at mixing colours.”

Shyama subsequently went on to study textiles and has worked for a wide range of creative companies in various disciplines. Throughout this time she has maintained a strong focus on her work as a professional artist, often painting to commission, regularly exhibiting and publishing limited edition prints.

Her latest work is inspired by tangled wild hedgerows, meadows, fields, seedheads and grasses.

Tate SistersEmeline and Claudia Tate are sisters and artists, both born in East Sussex and encouraged to produce art from an early age! They use bold colours, images and text to express ideas, inspirations and personal experiences.

They have participated in over 50 exhibitions worldwide, including London’s The Dulwich Picture, and The KCC Gallery in LA. They have undertaken commissions for private homes and corporate clients, including London’s leading independent TV and Film post production houses.

Emeline now lives in California, and Claudia lives in London. An ocean apart, they are maintaining their artistic collaboration online, sending photographs of work in progress to each other via the internet.

Howard ShooterHoward Shooter was born in Essex in 1973. After completing his art foundation at Camberwell College of Art in London, he went on to specialize in Photography at Lancaster University where he graduated with a degree in Art and Marketing. He has been passionate about photography for over 15 years. Artistic influences range from Marc Chagall to Andreas Gursky, Joel Sternfeld to John Sexton. All artists concentrate on light and composition as the principle creative tools.

Although Howard Shooter shoots a variety of subjects he has been specializing in professional food photography for nearly a decade. Howard Shooter’s love of food photography stems from the creative freedom it allows and while the work is often accessible, provides a real artistic challenge. The work carries a sense of spontaneity, space, texture and light whilst allowing the subject to remain hero.

Phil SheffieldPhilip was born in London in 1950. From 1968–69 he studied art at Waltham Forest School of Art and subsequently from 1969–73at Hornsey College of Art , where he acquired a BA in Graphic Design. In the final year he specialized in screen-printing and 3D design. On leaving Art College he worked as an assistant to the Print maker Julia Matcham producing limited editions.

In 1975 he set up his own studio to produce his own and other artist limited editions. His work has been in many group shows in London and throughout the country. In subsequent years his work has encompassed painting in all mediums, 3D design and Graphic art created at his Suffolk and London based studios.

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They call me Mister..Mister Fresh… Just one pseudonym of East London designer, Illustrator, beat maker and all round creative mind Michael wheeler.

Along with daily work as a designer and illustrator Michael also makes hip hop under the name Mr. Fresh, runs clothing label Strictlykings and from time to time can be found in control at independent record label Superdeluxe music. Michael doesn’t spray paint on walls… Much.

TerratagTerratag was born in 2002. Inspired by the world shift from West to East in Pop culture, Manga, Anime, Robots and computer games have been remixed to create a Nu Style. At last the 21st Century has arrived!

2009 is the 30th anniversary of the mighty Gundam robot; Terratag celebrates 30 years of playful destruction.

Angela SmythAngela Smyth is the youngest child of an Irish family. Her passion for art was passed on to her by her late father Patrick, who taught her to draw shirehorses by the age of four. She has no professional training, and yet her beautiful, often quirky, sometimes touching images are becoming increasingly collectable.

Angela is particularly influenced by the vibrant styles of the 1950’s giving a strong retro feel to many of her paintings. Much of her work includes images from around her house and the surrounding area, animals that wander past her window and people she sees in the street in everyday situations.

Based in Yorkshire, Angela still likes to draw horses.

Amy WicksOriginally from Brighton Amy Wicks graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2004 with a degree in Graphic Design. Since then she has been living in London and has gone on to design and illustrate for clients including Dermalogica, Paperchase and Habitat.

She has a passion for craft within design and is a member of the East London Arts Club where she regularly contributes to exhibitions around London. These works have featured in Design Week as well as the Creative Review blog.

Ian WinstanleyAfter college, Ian Winstanley developed his early career in Birmingham working for one of the top photographic studios. He was exclusively involved in the advertising and design industries, but later found fine art based work with the help of Private View, a London artist’s agency.

Ian’s work philosophy is to approach an image like a designer would and draw inspiration from all areas of art.

Now In his thirties, Ian Winstanley has his own studio and is proving to be one of England’s leading fine art photographers.

Sam ToftErnest Hemmingway Mustard lives with his dear lady wife, Violet, and Doris (Her Majesty) their rather grumpy, portly Jack Russell. They have a goldfish named Rover and can often be seen out with Horace Duck who lives down their way. Doris loves to say in by the fire eating custard with slices of Spam, but ventures out when the Mustards’ pockets are filled with humbugs. Mr Mustard is a kind, simple soul who specialises in tuneless humming and predicting hurricanes. Mrs Mustard puts up with her daft husband and dreams of Mr D’Arcy.

Sam Toft lives and works in Hove with Sweet Pea Rabbit and Moses Dog. She practices and teaches lyengar yoga and is a devil for a café latte and well turned out cake.

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